Dual Court System

What is the dual court system? What is the reasoning behind having a dual court system in the United States? What would happen if there was not a dual court system in the United States?
A dual court system is separate from the state court system and federal court system, the state deals with criminal and civil cases. Whereas the federal court may hear criminal and civil cases that are associated to the federal constitution. The reason is because years earlier the central government was very weak and states government was powerful. America has 50, court state systems due to the need for each state to retain significant authority and judicial it’s separate from the federal court system. Whereas state court evolved from early colonial arrangements, federal courts where created by the United States constitutions (Schmalleger F, 2009). There is a need for greater legitimacy a national policy mediates identities in ways that enrich and provide a understandings of constitutional. Dual court system is impacted by history due to the concept of two court systems still in force. Changes have been made to the each individual court record to ensue the record runs smooth, just like models adopted by state court systems. It may help if United State adopted a new court system that could handle all criminal court cases, or a new system that could handle certain court cases. The federal court judges could also hear traffic court cases. The state and federal court systems work side by side, it gave the country a dual court system, the federal courts gets power from all the laws that passed by the congress. The state gets their power from the…...

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